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Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Volus: Rebel Miniatures

Vorcha: not the first Mass Effect race one thinks of when it comes to war-gaming. For one thing, they look like short, cuddly teddy-bears with all the fur-shaved off (and that's just when ther're in their life-support suits)! For another, the Volus  are a client race of the Turians, and who needs an army when the Turians have you're back?
Well, the Volus. Apparently.
Rebel Miniatures have a lovely pack of miniatures in exo-suits called the Sons of Thunder. Like the Vorcha, they are short, fat and heavily armour-plated. If the Volus had an army, this is what their soldiers would look like:
 There really isn't any need to offer further comment is there? I mean, c'mon, even their fat butts are Volus-sized?
$10.95 for a pack of 21 miniatures. However, that said, Rebel Miniatures are currently having a summer sale. Well worth a look. It's almost enough to make we want to collect a platoon. But be warned, these are all the sculpts you get. The afore-pictured sculpts constitute the entire range.
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11 comments:

  1. Ragna12 July 2011 at 23:33

    Uhm, they look more like Volus to me...

    http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Volus

    Apart from that, great minis!

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  2. The Angry Lurker13 July 2011 at 02:30

    They're not bad but not enough of them yet, the Vorcha were the minions of the Dominion in DS9?

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  3. Dangerous Brian13 July 2011 at 12:37

    Erm..yes... *cough cough* It was deliberate, it was deliberate.

    Never write a post when your eye-lids are drooping down to your toes. Perfect example of the results.

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  4. Ragna14 July 2011 at 00:24

    XD, don´t worry man. I knew because I hate those vorcha guys... playing ME2 in maximum dificulty make you remember their damn regeneration quite well :)

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  5. Dangerous Brian15 July 2011 at 06:48

    Thanks Ragna. I still feel like a pillock though :D/. I've yet to play ME2 on that high a difficulty, (yet) but I'm thinking you can never have too many fire powers in the party when you go up against Vorcha and Krogan.

    @ Lurk. You know I never quite made that connection until after you posted. Truth be told, you had me wondering if the bad-guys I thought were Vorcah, were actually called Vorcha at all. Or if I'd just made the whole thing up. Whoops.

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  6. D22 Zone23 July 2011 at 07:16

    Excellent post, look forward to reading you're next update!

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  7. inrepose25 August 2011 at 06:09

    These are great little models. I have a set from the 15mm mini-painting-exchange on TMP and I am keen to use them little Bio-suit wearing munchkins :)

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  8. Miranda21 October 2011 at 04:14

    You might want to check out these: http://ttfix.blogspot.com/2011/10/spartan-games-firestorm-armada.html

    Look like reapers to me.

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  9. Joshua9 November 2011 at 21:28

    How amazingly glad am I, that found this place! Two great flavors mixed into one.

    Looking forward to future additions to this blog.

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  10. Dangerous Brian1 January 2012 at 12:42

    Hi guys. My apologies for the belated responce. Thanks for the kind comments -and the reaper tip.

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  11. Rovanite8 October 2012 at 14:33

    I know this is an old post now, but as these are Mass Effect related I thought you might like to see/share etc. I sculpted some "Cannibal" style beings from ME3. They are based on them, but they would work really well as them in a game :) http://www.grekwoodminiatures.co.uk/Bioblytes.php

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